The prices for the Steam Deck portable console in Russia have decreased by more than three times. This was reported by the portal “[email protected]”.
If in mid-March the top Steam Deck was sold for more than ₽400 thousand, then by the end of July the most expensive version with 512 GB of memory can be purchased for ₽110-120 thousand. The average model with 256 GB of memory will cost ₽90 thousand, and the cheapest one for 128 GB costs regarding ₽60-70 thousand.
The first shipment of pre-ordered Steam Deck began on February 25th. So far, Valve only ships consoles to the US, Canada, the UK, and a number of EU countries. In April consoles went on sale on Avito in Russia. At the end of June Valve doubled production of Steam Deck due to the high demand for the device.